1 bFor ver. 1-12, see Matt. 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man plantedcPs. 80:8; Isa. 5:1; Matt. 21:28 a vineyarddIsa. 5:2 and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, andeSong 8:11, 12 leased it to tenants andfch. 13:34; Matt. 25:14, 15 went into another country.
2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 gMatt. 5:12; 22:6; 23:34, 37; [2 Chr. 24:19; 36:15, 16; Neh. 9:26; Jer. 37:15; 38:6; Acts 7:52; 2 Cor. 11:24-26; 1 Thess. 2:15; Heb. 11:36, 37] And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4 g[See ver. 3 above] AgainhMatt. 22:4 he sent to them another servant, andi[Acts 14:19] they struck him on the head andjActs 5:41 (Gk.) treated him shamefully.
5 g[See ver. 3 above] And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.
6 He had still one other,kSee Matt. 3:17 a beloved son.l[Heb. 1:1] Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son. ’
7 But those tenants said to one another,mHeb. 1:2; [John 1:11; Rom. 8:17] ‘This is the heir. Come,n[1 Kgs. 21:19] let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ’
8 And they took him and killed him andoHeb. 13:12 threw him out of the vineyard.
9 What will the owner of the vineyard do?p[Luke 19:27] He willq[Matt. 24:50; 25:19] come and destroy the tenants andrMatt. 21:43; Acts 13:46; 18:6; 28:28; [Matt. 8:11, 12] give the vineyard to others.
10 sSee Matt. 21:16 Have you not readtLuke 4:21; Acts 8:35 this Scripture:
uActs 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7; Cited from Ps. 118:22, 23 ‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
11 this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes ’? ”
12 Andvch. 11:18; Luke 19:47, 48; John 7:25, 30, 44; [Matt. 26:4] they were seeking to arrest himwch. 11:32 but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So theyxMatt. 22:22 left him and went away.
13 yFor ver. 13-27, see Matt. 22:15-32; Luke 20:20-38 And they sent to him some ofzch. 3:6; [ch. 8:15] the Pharisees and some ofzch. 3:6; [ch. 8:15] the Herodians, toaLuke 11:54 trap him in his talk. 14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher,b[John 3:2] we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. ForcSee Acts 10:34 you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teachdActs 18:25, 26; [Acts 13:10] the way of God. Is it lawful to payeMatt. 17:25 taxes tofLuke 2:1; 3:1 Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not? ” 15 But, knowinggMatt. 23:28; Luke 12:1 their hypocrisy, he said to them, “WhyhSee John 8:6 put me to the test? Bring meiSee Matt. 18:28 a denarius and let me look at it. ” 16 And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this? ” They said to him, “Caesar's. ” 17 Jesus said to them, jRom. 13:7 “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. ” And they marveled at him.
18 AndkMatt. 3:7; 16:1; 22:34; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6 Sadducees came to him,lActs 23:8; [Acts 4:2] who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us thatm[Deut. 25:5] if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife. ”
24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, becausenJohn 20:9 you know neither the Scriptures noro1 Cor. 6:14 the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neitherpMatt. 24:38; Luke 17:27 marry norpMatt. 24:38; Luke 17:27 are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised,qSee Matt. 21:16 have you not read inr[Luke 3:4; 20:42; Acts 1:20; 7:42] the book of Moses, insEx. 3:1-4, 17 the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying,tActs 7:32; Cited from Ex. 3:6 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ’? 27 He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong. ”
28 uFor ver. 28-34, see Matt. 22:34-40, 46; [Luke 10:25-28] And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all? ” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is,vLuke 10:27; Cited from Deut. 6:4, 5 ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,wRom. 3:30; 1 Cor. 8:4, 6; Gal. 3:20; Eph. 4:6; 1 Tim. 1:17; 2:5; James 2:19; 4:12; Jude 25; [Matt. 19:17; 23:9] the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. ’ 31 x[1 John 4:21] The second is this:yCited from Lev. 19:18; See Matt. 19:19 ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ’ There is no other commandmentz[Matt. 23:23] greater than these. ” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said thatw[See ver. 29 above] he is one, andaCited from Deut. 4:35 (Gk.) there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with allbDeut. 4:6; Luke 2:47; Col. 1:9; 2:2 the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself,c1 Sam. 15:22; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:6-8; Matt. 9:13; 12:7 is much more than alldPs. 40:6; Heb. 10:6, 8 whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God. ” eLuke 20:40 And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
35 fFor ver. 35-37, see Matt. 22:41-45; Luke 20:41-44 And asgSee Matt. 26:55 Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say thathSee Matt. 1:1, 17 the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself,i[Luke 10:21; 1 Cor. 12:3] in the Holy Spirit, declared,
jActs 2:34, 35; Heb. 1:13; Cited from Ps. 110:1; [1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 10:13] ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemiesk[Acts 7:49] under your feet. ’
37 David himself calls him Lord. Sol[Rom. 1:3, 4] how is he his son? ” And the great throngmch. 6:20 heard him gladly.
38 nFor ver. 38, 39, see Matt. 23:1, 2, 5-7; Luke 20:45, 46; [Luke 11:43] And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues andoLuke 14:7, 8 the places of honor at feasts, 40 p[Luke 11:39; 16:14] who devour widows' houses andq[Matt. 6:5, 7] for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation. ”
41 rFor ver. 41-44, see Luke 21:1-4 And he sat down oppositesMatt. 27:6; John 8:20 the treasury and watched the peoplet2 Kgs. 12:9 putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in twouLuke 12:59 small copper coins, which make a penny. 43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you,v[2 Cor. 8:2, 12] this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of herwPhil. 4:11 poverty has put in everything she had, allxLuke 8:43 she had to live on. ”